import time
import pychromecast
from pychromecast.controllers.receiver import CastStatusListener
import sys


    
class MyCastStatusListener(CastStatusListener):
    """Cast status listener"""

    def __init__(self, name, cast):
        self.name = name
        self.cast = cast

    def new_cast_status(self, status):
        print("event listener triggered and waiting")
        time.sleep(120)
        print("Event listener done")



chromecasts, browser = pychromecast.get_listed_chromecasts(friendly_names=["replace this"])
for cc in chromecasts:
    print(cc.cast_info)
    cc.wait()
    cc.register_status_listener(MyCastStatusListener(cc.name,cc))

    while True:
        #may need to run set_volume once just to trigger the event handler, hence the loop
        try:
            print("about to set volume")
            cc.set_volume(.3)
            print("setting volume worked")
        except Exception as e:
            print("setting volume failed: ",e)
            sys.exit()
        time.sleep(1)